While the rest of us struggle to deal with lost savings, homes and jobs – armies of Wall Street lobbyists are spending millions to kill financial reform in Congress. But after losing so much to Wall Street’s risky excess, American seniors are depending on us to
The Military Coalition, a consortium of nationally prominent military and veterans organizations representing more than 5.5 million current and former service members and their families, has written to Senator Dodd and Senator Shelby about the need for better protections against auto dealers and their lending
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – Today, Tax Day, as Americans are all too aware of where their tax dollars are going, Americans for Financial Reform agrees that taxpayers should never again be on the hook for the mistakes made by the largest financial institutions. The misstatements about the
On Monday, April 12, 2010, Ocean State Action hosted a press conference with RIPIRG, Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE), Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), the Office of the Attorney General of RI and others, calling for the creation of an independent CFPA. The
Financial reform is making headlines – and appearing in the comics! By Joel Pett, USA Today From the Cartoonist Group. (Thanks to our friends at the Center for American Progress for sharing this with us.)
Billionaires for Blunt visited Ozark, Missouri Wednesday to greet Congressman Blunt at the Ozark Chamber of Commerce and thank him for continuing to support big banks, pharmaceutical giants, insurance companies, big coal, big oil and big tobacco, all at the expense of “hard-working” Missourians. Billionaire
On Tuesday, we hosted a successful webinar with Professor Elizabeth Warren, AFR Director Heather Booth, and Americans for Fairness in Lending. Thanks to everyone who was able to join us for this exciting online event! We had a great conversation and had tons of thoughtful
Tell the Chamber of Commerce and the Big Banks to stop lying about the CFPA! A new website is “declaring war” on the Chamber of Commerce, which has been spreading lies about the CFPA. Watch the video and visit the site!
The Senate passed and the President signed into law a bill which will eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) student lending program. Instead, all government loans will use the “Direct” lending program. AFFIL applauds this change, as it will eliminate the subsidies to the
The Honorable Marcy Kaptur United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 March 31, 2010 Dear Representative Kaptur: We are writing in support of H.R. 3995, the “Financial Crisis of 2008 Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2009,” authored by Representative Marcy Kaptur. In the